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How a Two-Way Text Messaging System Keeps People Out of Jail

The Crime Report

Kashawna Harris, 30, has been in and out of the criminal legal system since she was 12 years old for drug offenses and theft charges. Harris has been using Uptrust , an application with two-way text messaging, and automated reminders for court dates for the past six months, through a pilot program in Clinton, Iowa.

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The Crisis in Crisis Counseling

The Crime Report

Depending on the needed service, some centers partner with local police departments, others deploy trained employees as emergency responders and some refrain from contacting law enforcement entirely, focusing instead on one-on-one hotline conversations, legal referrals or case management. Passed in 1994, VAWA provided $1.6

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Federal Court Upheld State Department’s Invocation of FOIA Exception for Legal Memorandum Supporting Paris Agreement Request. Department of State properly withheld a legal memorandum that accompanied an “action memorandum” seeking authorization from the Secretary of State to join the Paris Agreement. BP America Inc. , N20C-09-097 (Del.

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